Malikah Shabazz, one of 6 daughters of civil rights activist Malcolm X, found dead at her Brooklyn home, police say.
Shabazz, 56, was found unresponsive in her home in Midwood on Monday afternoon, and the death is not deemed suspicious, an NYPD spokesperson said. Police responded shortly after 4:30 p.m., and emergency services were already at the scene.. The medical examiner told the station she was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead.The convictions against Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were thrown out Thursday. They had always maintained their innocence.
Islam died in 2009.Their mother was pregnant with them when Malcolm X was fatally shot at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, where hundreds had gathered to hear him speak, on Feb. 21, 1965.her condolences, saying she was deeply saddened."My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X," she wrote in part.Jonathan Dienst is a reporter for WNBC-TV in New York, leading its investigative reporting team and covering justice and law enforcement issues.
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